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FEMA is interrogating staffers -- denying union or legal representation -- about a whistleblower letter warning that Trump administration cuts are undercutting disaster response.

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DHS is moving hundreds of people focused stopping mass shooters, curbing Russian hacks + counter-terrorism work into immigration roles.

Some are forcibly moved across the country. And anyone who declines risks losing their job.

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New: DHS has reassigned hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel from CISA, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts and said it would fire anyone who refuses to go along. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

SCOOP: The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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The US is investigating an ex-ransom negotiator accused of conspiring with hackers

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a very thoughtful interview with spy novelist Alan Furst open.spotify.com/episode/7E8M...

news --> A politically motivated hacker says they stole student records from Columbia University to try to prove that the school was violating a SCOTUS decision on affirmative action.

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New: How a Tiny Middleman Could Access Two-Factor Login Codes From Tech Giants www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Hack at United Natural Foods distributor isn't expected to be resolved until June 15 at the soonest, according to messages seen by @bloomberg.com
+ Forklift drivers told to stay home after "nationwide" outage
+ Whole Foods & a co-op chain still hope for deliveries
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news: Chinese hackers breached a US telecom in 2023, a year before the intelligence community said it started spotting Salt Typhoon clues.

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Big far-right podcasts are pushing the false narrative that Ukraine is selling US weapons to cartels.

@mckenziefsadeghi.bsky.social tracks how the propaganda spread from a QAnon influencer to a Russian network of fake news sites, then to Tucker Carlson.
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/how-the-kr...

Propagandhi are among the latest to announce the cancellation of all of their 2025 US tour dates, citing "circumstances beyond our control." exclaim.ca/music/articl...

This case feels like a canary in the coalmine.

Courts certified a judge's win. GOP efforts to throw out ballots from pro-Riggs counties keep moving thru the courts.

Democracy groups warn it's a test case to invalidate future elections.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Journalists should be *super* thoughtful about repeating claims from Secretary Noem or other Trump-aligned voices who claim DHS/CISA is continuing this work.

They're slashing anti-terrorism programs in the name of stopping censorship. We need to document this along every step of the way.

DHS also cut millions in funding to outside projects helping study how online radicalization happens. They also are gutting the CP3 unit, which helps local police identify possible "mass casualty" events.

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DHS almost totally shut down its anti-misinformation work in 2023. I&A closed an OSINT unit looking for online extremism & white supremacy. And they stopped reporting almost all threats to the social firms.

New @margimurphy.bsky.social scoop --

A private jet hack surfaces a guide to serving Elon Musk on flights

- he doesn't like noise from air vents
- he likes to nap on day-trips
- fuel conservation isn't a priority

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The Trump administration ordered the CDC to stop communicating with the public just as cases of bird flu and measles were growing. Hundreds of pages of documents reveal what went on behind the scenes.

Read the latest from Jason Leopold's FOIA Files ⤵️

this is so great, from @margimurphy.bsky.social

DHS workers who specialize in anti-terrorism work -- combatting online radicalization and training local PDs -- are worried they'll be re-assigned to Guantanamo to aid the Trump admin's plans there.

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DHS slashes personnel leading fight against domestic extremism

- CP3 helped intervene on >1000 cases + potential mass casualty events
- Respected director resigned March 3 amid sweeping cuts
- $79 million to curb violence is under review

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The Trump administration ordered the nonpartisan agency that preps diplomats on US policy to drop DEI terms and move away from Biden-era programs, including one aimed at combatting sexual violence.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

If anyone is as obsessed as me with perfectly executed muay thai teep kicks (no one is, I know) this is a wonderful display of that www.youtube.com/watch?v=keCD...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced the formation of a task force to remove CPD officers with 'ties to extremist and anti-government groups like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.'